Sucking My Life Away
Sucking My Life Away
When you say untrue things about me
You never attempt to see
The hurt in my eyes
Or hear my cries.
Because by your words you cut my progress
Take away my enthusiasm for success.
Your taunts and insults invade my spirit
Making it spiral into a bottomless pit
Your meaness and your anger
Put my soul in danger
I try to survive
Not forever being able to hide
Fighting you with fists or ignorance
Doesn’t give me a better stance
Because you keep coming back harder and harder
Making the crowd against me larger and larger.
Until my life is sucked away
You make it unbearable for me to stay
It’s get harder day by day
I’ve tried and I’ve cried out.
In the principals office I even shout
That I can’t bare any more
Today they pushed me out the door
In my mind I’ve seen peace on the other side
Where I don’t have to hide
From the criticizers and teasers
And the bullying crowd pleasers
I cry out in dismay
From the sorted and ruthless way
You’ve sucked my life away
I’m crying and pleading to you
To stop but you don’t have a clue
That I silently disappear
Inch by inch the more you’re near
I know I should be strong
But tell me how long
Can my mind and body fend you off
You stick to me like a bad cough
No where is safe, not even home
What do I have to do to make you leave me a lone
Now it’s too late I’m just a shadow of gray
Because you’ve finally sucked my life away.
Copyright © Chris Raines | Year Posted 2014
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